Simcha

“Gladness, joy” — Hebrew origin

Boy's name · #1741 in the US (2025) · Trending

Simcha is moving up the charts. First recorded in 1956, it stood at #1741 in 2025 — its strongest showing yet; about 2,000 boys have been named Simcha along the way. In New York and New Jersey it runs 8–10× its national rate.

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 2 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Simchas

Simcha Rotem — Polish resistance fighter (1924–2018)
Simcha Blass — Israeli civil engineer (1897–1982)
Simcha Rothman — Israeli lawyer and politician
Simcha Dinitz — Israeli diplomat (1929-2003)
Simcha Jacobovici — Canadian film director

What Simchas become

Among 39 notable people named Simcha:

Artists & writers appear 1.54× more often than among typical names — e.g. Simcha Shirman, German-born Israeli photographer and educator (b. 1947).

Similar names: Gavriel · Zymir · Lucca · Tamir · Sylis · Shilo

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